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Elderly women presbytis, likewise hōsautōs, are to be reverent hieroprepēs in en demeanor katastēma, not slanderers diabolos, and not enslaved douloō to much polys wine oinos, teaching what is good kalodidaskalos, and so hina encourage sōphronizō the ho younger women neos to love their husbands philandros and children philoteknos, to be self-controlled sōphrōn, pure hagnos, working at home oikourgos, kind agathos, submissive hypotassō to ho their own idios husbands anēr that hina the ho word logos of ho God theos may not be blasphemed blasphēmeō.

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Similarly, teach the older women to live in a way that honors God. They must not slander others or be heavy drinkers.[a] Instead, they should teach others what is good. These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children, to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes,[b] to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:3 Greek be enslaved to much wine.
  2. 2:5 Some manuscripts read to care for their homes.